For some motivation on this topic take an appearance at Monet Was Here on Google Arts & & Culture.

Later on this week Im performing an online expert advancement workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my goals for the workshop is to assist participants establish ideas for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just geography and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a list of concepts and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple subject locations.
Language ArtsGoogle Lit Trips is most likely the most popular example of using Google Earth in the context of language arts. Google Lit Trips are Google Earth trips based on authors and books. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can develop their own trips highlighting important places in a book or crucial locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies a terrific method for trainees to check out intriguing geological landmarks in 3D. Utilizing the timeslider in the desktop variation of Google Earth can show students the modifications in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no scarcity of lesson plans featuring Google Earth readily available online. A couple that I recommend taking a look at are Rich Treves flooding and volcano lessons and Whats a Watershed created at the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College.
MathFor K-5 classrooms there is most likely no much better place to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will find brief, Google Maps-based activities that need trainees to perform measurements and utilize math to address concerns. The activities represent a fantastic combination of mathematics and location.
If you have middle school or high school trainees, you will wish to explore Real World Math. On Real World Math you will find lesson strategies that utilize Google Earth for teaching the ideas used in computing volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my preferred usage of Googles My Maps is for preparing safe walking, hiking, and cycling paths. You can also use Google Earth to help students understand how elevation modification modifies the speed at which paths are completed.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, students can map the locations of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was produced, and the places that influenced the artist. Each placemark on a trainees map might consist of a photo of the artwork, an image of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To offer a total picture a trainee can include text and links to more information about the art and artist.

One of my goals for the workshop is to assist participants establish ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply geography and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a brief list of ideas and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous subject locations.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can develop their own tours highlighting important places in a book or important locations in the life of an author.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, trainees can map the areas of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was developed, and the locations that influenced the artist.